TRINITY
N er/ettet CoLLEGE A PUBLICATION OF TRINITY COLLEGE WITHIN THE UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE No. 10
FROM THE WARDEN Dr. Evan Burge reports: "I hope you are not being appointed captain of a sinking ship,"said one of my friends soon after I became Warden of Trinity College." "Far from it," I can now assure him. "The College still has a definite role to play and is in fine shape." "Yes, but is the College full?" "Not only full," I can reply, "but we began 1976 with a waiting list of over 30." In interviewing prospective students I often ask their reasons for wanting to come into College. Not surprisingly, many reply that they are seeking "a place to live." For others, it is the Anglican connection which appeals. Others, again, are attracted by the atmosphere, the historic associations, the ivy-covered buildings, and the beautiful grounds. It is pleasing to record that for a considerable number one of the chief attractions of the College is its academic life : the tutorials, the library, the presence of the resident tutors. At this early stage, very few students mention the one thing which in years to come they will value most about Trinity: that it is a community where lasting and deep friendships are formed and nurtured. From my own point of view, perhaps the most significant thing about a College such as ours is the opportunity it gives to bridge the barriers between age groups and different disciplines. The modem university is a large and impersonal place and there are few students who meet regularly with other students, let alone with members of staff, who are engaged in subjects other than their own. In College a variety of activities — the debates, the sport, the College play, the review, the concert s, the opportunities for simply mixing and talking — all make the interchange of ideas almost inevitable. We are an educative community in the full sense of the word, with representatives of a wide range of academic attainments and experiences of life. Trinity is a place where our members learn not only subjects but about other people and, most importantly, about themselves. In recent months my special endeavour has been to foster a developing sense of the wider College community. With the generous help of Mr. Nick Turnbull, the Bursar (Mr. Alan Todd) and I have entertained a good many former members of Trinity to lunch. These have been happy occasions in which we have learnt a great deal. Two other ventures along similar lines have begun during the year. On the day of their graduation students
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who have been members of Trinity ire invited back to College with their parents or close friends for lunch with members of the Senior Common Room and the T.C.A.C. Committee. At the two graduate lunches which have so far been held, we have also been delighted to welcome a few who graduated many years previously. These have included Sir Clive Fitts, Mr. Fred Knight and Mr. Frank Callaway. The second new step is the holding of an annual At Home in the College Hall for parents and members of the College Council. From this I hope that we shall develop a parents and friends association for the College. It is good to report, too, that largely due to the skill and energy of Mr. Todd the financial crisis of a year ago seems to have passed. This does not save us from the necessity of managing with stringent economies and a small staff who bear a far heavier load than in past years. Your help and interest in the continuing life of the College is something we deeply value. Please keep in touch.
Champagne flies as Mrs. Balcombe Griffiths, assisted by Captain of Boats Greg Longdon, christens the new College eight in honour of her husband (standing immediately behind Greg), a noted Colledge and Varsity oarsman of an earlier generation.
UNION OF THE FLEUR DE LYS DINNER 1976 This year's Dinner, on the pattern of last year, will be held at the College on Friday, 4th June at 7.30 for 8 p.m. It will be preceded by drinks and a very brief Annual General Meeting in the Junior Common Room. Professor John Poynter has been nominated as President for 1976. Invitations are enclosed with this letter and more may be obtained by telephoning the Warden's Secretary, Mrs. Joan Fawns on 347 1044.
NEW COLLEGE BOAT Prompted by their need for a new boat, the present College rowers sponsored a gathering of former rowers last September. Those attending decided to form a Trinity College Boat Club to perpetuate friendships and to assist College rowing. Over half the cost of the new boat ($4,000) has been contributed or collected by members, which, in recognition of this support, has been named W. BALCOMBE GRIFFITHS. The Club will hold a reunion each year at the time of the Intercollegiate Boat Race and hopes to celebrate many victories on the river.
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SUMMER SCHOOL OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION In 1956 the University's School of Business Administration arranged its first residential Summer School and in 1957 began an association with Trinity that has been of great mutual advantage. Each January from 1957 to 1975 the College was "taken over" by executives from a wide range of public and private corporations who lived in style at Trinity and commuted to the University for lectures. The School has flourished over the years and plans for a Residential Management Centre to provide for a larger enrolment and for year-round programmes were developed. Last year we reported a proposal for this to be built by the University on land to be leased from the College. However, during 1975 the whole concept was re-examined by the University Council after discussions in the University Assembly and the Faculty of Commerce and late last year the University purchased a Carlton motel to serve as its Residential Management Centre. There was some possibility that the School would remain at Trinity for the 1976 session but at the last minute the decision was made to transfer to Carlton. The College has enjoyed the contribution which the School has made over the years, not only financially but also through the formal and informal meetings between staff and students of the School and College; especially will we miss the energetic and genial presence of Dr. Hal Craig, the School's popular Director. The transfer of the School makes possible the use of College facilities by other conferences and conventions in the pre-term period and the Bursar is always interested in hearing from organizations seeking a venue for their activity.
LISTENING POINT The College, in association with the University's Office for Continuing Education and the Canterbury Fellowship, sponsored a series of Sunday evening lectures in second term, 1975, by leaders in significant areas of Australian life. Those lecturing were Ms. Elizabeth Reid, Prime Minister's Adviser on Women; Mr. R.H. Carnegie, Managing Director, C.R.A.; Dr. J.G. Mosley, Chairman, Australian Conse rvation Foundation, and Mr. Creighton Burns, Associate Editor of "The Age". The lectures were well received and another series is planned for this year.
RESIDENT FELLOW Following his resignation as Honorary Chaplain of the College in February, 1975, Bishop James Grant was elected a Resident Fellow of the College at the April meeting of the Council. He continues to assist the Warden in an honorary capacity as Director of Theological Students, as History Tutor, and as Minute Secretary of the College Council.
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April, 1976
FABRIC AND FINANCE In common with all comparable "labour intensive" institutions, the College, due to the effects of inflation and equal pay, experienced severe financial dislocation in 1974 and finished the year with a substantial deficit. Far-reaching economies and re-organization were obviously necessary in 1975 if the College was to balance its operating budget and finance its capital works. These last included a compulsory payment of $31,000 for fire protection works required by the Melbourne City Council. The Warden outlined in last year's Newsletter action proposed and it is pleasing to report that as a result the accounts for 1975 disclose a modest surplus. Careful control by the Bursar ensured that our enviable reputation of having the best College meals in Melbourne was maintained and under Miss McCormick's direction the domestic bursars developed into a competent waiting team. With the encouragement of his family, $20,000 was advanced from the Maurice Hurry Bequest towards the cost of Fire Protection Works and this, together with donations from donors to the Centenary Endowment Fund diverted to the Building Fund, qualified the College to receive an Australian Universities Commission grant of $92,000 for this work. Also in 1975, further bathrooms in Cowan were converted for unrestricted use, adequate ventilation was installed in the Jeopardy bathrooms, and the Dining Hall was ventilated and redecorated allowing the removal of the "temporary" hangings installed in 1973 to conceal the ravages of mould. These improvements together with repairs to the squash court, the installation of a permanent sound system in Hall and Chapel, of additional carpets in Jeopardy and Dorothy buildings, and the purchase of stackable chairs for special functions were largely financed from the income of the Centenary Endowment Fund. Its corpus now stands at $98,000 and the Fund is already fulfilling the purposes of its establishment.
WE REGRET
Bishop Thomas
STEWART LECTURER Dr. Max Thomas, Stewart Lecturer in Divinity since 1969, was elected sixth Bishop of Wangaratta in July, 1975, and consecrated on 20th December. The new Bishop was a fellow student of Barry Marshall at St. John's, Morpeth, and his association with Trinity dates from his appointment as University Chaplain in 1964. The first bishop of Wangaratta, Thomas Henry Armstrong, was a student and Tutor of Trinity and Holy Trinity Cathedral owes its completion to the leadership of Archdeacon Percy Dicker, another Trinity graduate. A successor has not yet been appointed, but Dr. John Gaden, Chaplain at Monash University, is responsible for some of his lectures in 1976.
WOMEN AND CHILDREN 1974 saw the enrolment of the first women residents and 1975 the addition of some infant members to the College community. These are the children of nonresident married theological students who number seven in 1976. Their families attend chapel services and special functions within the College and are another evidence of the changing nature of the College community.
the deaths of former members of the College including
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Members of the College honoured include Professor Manning Clark and Sir Lindesay Clark amongst the first Companions of the Order of Australia; Canon Neale Molloy, O.B.E.; Professor John Poynter as Deputy Vice-ChancellorResearch at the University of Melbourne; Barry Connell to a Chair of Law at Monash University;
also of Brian William Thompson, Senior Lecturer in Mathematics, a brilliant lecturer, gifted musician, and former resident tutor.
Mr. K.J. Asche as a Judge of the new Family Court; Mr. Justice Woodward as Director of A.S.I.O.; Mr. Peter Barbour as Australian Consul-General in New York.
Frederick Reginald ADAMS Herbert Giblin FURNELL Percy Hensby DICKER, O.B.E. Gregory Howard AYLWIN Martyn Arnold BUNTINE Alan Robert TATE John Cheyne GARRAN Montagu Owen KENT HUGHES Clarence Ellis McNAUGHTON Donald Ross Macauly CAMERON Jack Wallace CHISHOLM Geoffrey Francis TRINCA Malcolm William LETTS
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CHORAL FOUNDATION
DEANS ETCETERA
LOST AND FOUND
Late last year Professor Peter Dennison, a recently appointed Professor of Music at Melbourne and previously Fellow and Director of Music in Clare College, Cambridge, offered his services as non-resident Director of Music at Trinity. He proposed the establishment of a Choral Foundation to maintain a semi-professional choir of twenty members. This would be made up of the finest European choral music from the Sixteenth to the Twentieth Century. This would from time to time involve accompaniment by string and wood ensembles as well as organ. Most of the choir members will eventually be members of Trinity; but initially any students, but especially musical, are eligible to apply.
After seven years as Resident Tutor in Biological Science, three years as part-time Dean and one term as Joint Acting Warden, Rod Fawns, his wife, Rosemary (Resident Medical Officer), and daughter, Anouk, moved out of residence to their new home in Kew. Rod has been a stimulating teacher and has worked hard for the welfare of the College and all its members.
Last year the Warden indicated his intention of inviting former residents to a meal in College, and thanks to efficient organisation by Nick Turnbull who volunteered his services for this purpose, the wardenical wish has become a fact. Each week small groups have lunched with the Warden in the Senior Common Room, for most of whom this has been their first visit since leaving College. All have shown obvious pleasure in being invited back, even though some have had to ask, "Who is Warden now?" The most frequent questions have been,"Is the College full?", and "What difference do women make?", but the Warden, too, has been enlightened on every occasion. The programme is continuing this year and any reader who would like an invitation should contact Nick at 347 1044.
At Clare College, members of the choir were responsible for production of opera in Hall, entertainment at formal dinners, and for a good deal of informal musicmaking. The same can be predicted for Trinity. The College Council approved the proposal which, for a comparatively small expenditure on Exhibitions, will enhance the musical life of the College and community.
CHAPEL ORGAN The Organ at Trinity College is widely acclaimed for its thrilling "full organ" sound and its versatility both as a solo instrument and as an accompaniment to the Anglican liturgy. It is perhaps heard to greatest advantage in conjunction with the choir of the Canterbury Fellowship whose Sunday evening services in the Chapel have been an inspiration to many.
To replace him as Dean the Warden has recommended the appointment of Dr. John Davis, at present Senior Tutor. The new Dean is a full-time Lecturer in the Department of Physiology at the University. He has been associated with the College for twelve years, first as an undergraduate and then as a Tutor after three years in Germany where he carried out research in renal physiology for his Ph.D. Mr. Renn Wortley, College Director of Legal Studies, who is currently working with the Law Institute of Victoria, has been appointed to succeed Dr. Davis as Senior Tutor. He heads a Senior Common Room of twenty members. New members this year are: Mr. Warren Bebbington (Music), Mr. Rob Carter (Economics), Dr. Brian Deschamp (History), Mr. James Ferry (Economics & Politics), Mr. Christopher Gardiner (Maths), Dr. John Jardine (R.M.O.), Miss Margaret Malone (Physics), Mr. Colin Sharp (Psychology), Mr. Bill Sherwin (Biology).
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The organ now consists of 20 ranks. It was originally built by J.E. Dodd of Adelaide and installed in 1923. The tone was admired from the outset but the action gave continual trouble. In 1959 the organ was rebuilt by Hill, Norman and Beard and divided into two sections with a central detached console. Deletion of 11 of the original 23 stops and the addition of 8 new ones, together with some revoicing, made the organ suited to play baroque music as well as music of the romantic and English Cathedral styles for which it was originally designed. Over the years the organ has been played almost continuously, and it has served a generation of new organists as a practice instrument. Funds have not been available for its adequate maintenance and substantial work now needs done urgently. Mr Steve Laurie of Moorabbin, with the Organist of the Canterbury Fellowship (Mr Norman Kaye) as consultant, has prepared a plan to restore the organ to first-class condition in successive stages. The cost of the minimum necessary work is $3,000 but we are hoping to find a larger sum so that attention can be paid to the windchests and reservoirs. With sufficient support from admirers of the organ it would be possible, for a total of $15,000 to turn the Trinity Organ into one of Melbourne's finest. Contributions to the Organ Fund made payable to "Trinity College Melbourne" are tax-deductible. We are hoping for a generous response.
At the same time a new approach to the task of keeping College records accurate is being developed by Dr. Bryan Deschamp, one of the Resident Tutors. It would be appreciated if the College could be included in the notifications you send out when you change your address or your status.
I enclose a donation to — TRINITY COLLEGE BUILDING FUND TRINITY COLLEGE ORGAN FUND
Dr. John Davis
BENEFACTORS Once again the College is indebted to former students and other friends for a variety of gifts. A set of handworked tapestry kneelers in the College colours and with a centre piece of the College coat of arms has been designed and made for the alter rail in the Chapel by Mr. Fred Rusden, helped by Helen and Ann Rusden, Mrs. F. Schroeder, Mrs. K. Baker and Miss F. McKoy. Sir Clive and Lady Fitts have presented a pair of silver candelabra and some rare volumes for the library. The College has purchased a Yamaha Grand Piano for the Hall. The proceeds of a concert by Miss Mary Rusden, the College Librarian, have defrayed part of the cost, but further contributions will be most welcome.
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THE COLLEGE IN 1975 The Senior Student, Ron Noone, reports; As is reported elsewhere, 1975 saw the College making strenuous efforts to cope with the effects of inflation. Students were naturally affected in a number of ways and particularly by two moves — the increase in fees and the elimination of some services. Misgivings were expressed at the beginning of the year on the likely effect of these moves, but happily I am able to report that, despite these pressures, 1975 was a happy year for the members of the Junior Common Room. The members of the Committee performed their daily tasks and apparently managed to maintain their enthusiasm and sanity. Though their duties proved no easier than usual, there was general satisfaction that Rodrick Lyle, the T.C.A.C. Treasurer, closed his books with a modest surplus. A very enthusiastic Outdoor Representative, David Ross-Edwards', encouragement of Teams, Captains and Players bore fruit when Trinity lost the Cowan Cup to Newman College by only a couple of points, and finished well clear of Ormond.
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All That". It seems that comedy is preferred to serious productions by most College members if the success of 1066 can be any guide. Fine performances from Andrew Oddy and Bruce Davidson, supported well by a large cast, ensured the play's success. A chicken and champagne dinner was held after the "College Night" and this also proved enjoyable. The Dialectic Society expressed some disappointment at the lack of interest in social debating and these fixtures ceased after only two attempts. However, the Intercollegiate debating competition was again won by Trinity in a one-sided final against Ormond. John Glover, Peter Butler and Phillip Maxwell combined well with little practice, to outclass the other College. Mr. Phillip Harvey was again awarded the Wigram Allen Essay Competition for his piece on "State. School Reminiscences". The Art Show attracted many entrants and spectators. Prizes were awarded to Mr. Lewis McGregor and Mr. Dennis Reynolds. J.C.R. Quizzes proved entertaining and were quite well attended. The College Revue, while a little down in attendances from previous
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years, was judged a great success by those who did attend the Sunday evening performance. Music, both folk and art, has been encouraged in 1975. There have been some very fine recitals within the College, sounding a repertoire from William Byrd to the Beatles. Added joy for the Music Society was the installation of a new grand piano in Hall. Both Hall and the Chapel have been the venues for very enjoyable and highly talented displays by a number of musicians. Club dinners again proved popular. Sir Clive Fitts captivated the Hall with his "Chronicle of an Aimless Wanderer", and Mr. John Halfpenny spoke vigorously on the "Economic Situation and Wage Indexation". His address provoked many comments, questions and discussion and the evening was voted a great success. The year was a very happy one, and, even though the fees are up again in 1976, the number of students re-entering is considerable indicating that the kind of life offered by Trinity remains sought after and cherished.
The year began brilliantly for Trinity with a victory in the cricket final over Ormond. It was Trinity's first win for fifteen years and was celebrated accordingly. With the aid of a new boat, Newman first crew won the rowing a length ahead of Trinity, but valuable Cowan Cup points came from the seconds crew winning in great style. Trinity fielded good sides in most sports and was unlucky not to win more finals. The tennis should have been ours, and also the golf; however, both were lost when we looked well home. Perhaps the most disappointing sport was football. The competition from Ormond and Newman was particularly good in 1975 and Trinity were pushed into third place. However, Rod Lyle was awarded the University's football Award for "Best and Fairest". Last year the Award went to another Trinity gentleman, D. Ross-Edwards. Basketball and hockey need more training sessions to achieve any success and there is some talent in both sports. Rugby is becoming very popular at Trinity and we were just beaten 10-7 in an exciting final against Newman. The K.K.K. Michael Potter attended most of these sporting contests and generated support both at the grounds and in Hall. A very full social calendar incorporating swap dinners, barbecues, shouts and a very interesting car rally, enabled the College to knit well together, beginning in Orientation Week and continuing through until Third Term. These were added to the two main events, the Ball and Juttoddie, which again proved very enjoyable and successful. Under the direction of Robin Hardiman, Trinity and J.C.H. combined to produce a most entertaining version of "1066 and
SUMMERHOUSE IN WINTER